Shi language

{{Short description|Bantu language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Shi

|nativename=Kishi/Mashi

|states=Democratic Republic of Congo

|region=Sud-Kivu Province

|speakers=660,000

|date=1991

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Northeast Bantu

|fam7=Great Lakes Bantu

|fam8=Shi–Havu

|iso3=shr

|guthrie=JD.53

|glotto=shii1238

|glottorefname=Shi

}}

Shi, or Nyabungu, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The people who speak Mashi are known as Bashi. They are the largest tribe in South Kivu, whose capital city is Bukavu.

The Bashi occupy a vast region known as Bushi. Like Ngweshe, Kabare, Katana, Luhuinja, Burhinyi, Kaziba, Nyengezi, and Idjui where live the Bahavu who are also part of this group; Idjui is a large island in Kivu lake between DRC and Rwanda.